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Cashing In Separately on Supplies?

Published on Wed Nov 15, 2023

Question: I’m new to urology coding and billing. My doctor uses lidocaine jelly 2 percent for most of her office procedures, including the insertion of Foleys. She wants to bill separately for this lidocaine jelly. I’ve tried looking for the HCPCS Level II code for this but cannot find it. Is this something that is separately reimbursable? AAPC Forum Participant Answer: No, [...]
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